Stock Market Project
During
last february and March we did a stock market project. First we researched
our stcoks so we could tell if they would be any good or not. We than were
told to pick a stock on the NYSE, TSE, or Nasdaq exchange.
We purchased our
stocks on February 25th. We had to spend a minimum of $8000 and a maximum
of $10000 on 3 to 5 stocks. Every day we got a nice change from the everyday
pace of school by going down and checking on them. Each session we recorded
the selling price.
On March the 25th
we sold our stocks. We added up the total price and peercent increase to
see how well we performed. The results were varried, but most of us did
well and had a lot of fun.
| Stock Name | Symbol | Exchange | Purchase price per share | Selling Price per share | # of shares bought | Final value of Stock |
| World Wrestling Entertainment | WWE | NYSE | 13.45 | 15.30 | 446 | 6823 |
| Cadbury | CDSPRA | NYSE | 27.50. | 25.03 | 72 | 1802.2 |
| Pepsi | PEP | NYSE | 50.20 | 50.90 | 10 | 559.9 |
| Lowes | LOW | NYSE | 46.05 | 45.03 | 11 | 495.33 |
I learned from this project that if you ever try to invest
on the stock market in real life you should invest very carefully. You
should research and know a lot of information about your stock.
I also learned that like in real life it can sometimes
be better to save a little money than to spend it all at once.